Areas of Expertise

Liu Yang, Chief Physician in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, has years of clinical experience and specializes in eye plastic surgery, fat grafting, and female vulvar and breast plastic surgery.

Biography

Liu Yang, a member of the China Democratic League, MD, is Chief Physician in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. He has long been committed to clinical and research work related to plastic and reconstructive surgery of the genitourinary and reproductive organs. He has accumulated extensive clinical experience in penile reconstruction, vaginal reconstruction, breast plastic surgery, and reconstruction of vulvar deformities caused by various congenital conditions, post-tumor surgery, trauma, and other causes. As the leader of the Genitourinary and Reproductive Reconstruction Specialty Group, he has led the group in completing more than 100 reproductive organ plastic and reconstructive surgeries annually, assisted in dozens of consultation surgeries in related specialties within and outside the hospital each year, and irregularly collaborated with the Department of Endocrinology of our hospital to diagnose and treat nearly 100 patients with disorders of sex development and carried out related basic research.

In recent years, in response to changing trends in the disease spectrum, he has led the team to focus on the development of a specialized diagnosis and treatment center for “transsexualism”. In addition to establishing a regular “transgender specialty clinic” in the hospital, the team has established China's first multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment team for transsexualism that can provide comprehensive services covering mental health, endocrinology, gender reassignment, voice therapy, family support, and social adaptation, and it irregularly provides diagnosis and treatment services to patients and families in need. He led the establishment of the “Gender Medicine and Sexual Organ Plastic Surgery Branch of the Chinese Association of Plastic and Aesthetics,” which aims to bring together experts mainly from plastic surgery while incorporating urology, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, sociology, and other professional fields, to communicate and discuss with domestic and international peers, and to formulate and promote scientific and unified diagnostic and treatment standards and procedures for transsexualism. He has participated in domestic and international academic exchanges and given conference presentations many times. He has served as Chairman of the Urogenital Plastic Surgery Forum of Shanghai Plastic Surgery Science and Technology Week for ten consecutive years and has offered the “Urogenital Plastic Surgery Technique Training Course,” enrolling and training more than 100 trainees each year.

Social Appointments
Important academic appointments:
Gender Medicine and Sexual Organ Plastic Surgery Branch, Chinese Association of Plastic and Aesthetics, President;
Perineal Plastic Surgery Group, Plastic Surgery Branch, Chinese Medical Association, Deputy Group Leader;
Female Reproductive Reconstruction Branch, Chinese Association of Plastic and Aesthetics, Vice President;
Medical Aesthetics Professional Committee, China Maternal and Child Health Association, Vice Chair;
Member of WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health);
Member of APATH (Asia Professional Association for Transgender Health)

Research Achievements
Research findings on the exploration of the pathogenesis of DSDs and sequential treatment have been published in multiple academic papers. Monographs he participated in compiling include: “Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in Asians: Principles & Techniques,” “Chinese Plastic Surgery,” and “Female Genital Plastic Surgery,” among others.